Articles and tips to help you with your landscape painting, from deciding which direction the light should come from, to painting trees and clouds.
Find out where you can obtain free reference photos that you can use in your paintings.
A collection of tips to help you with your landscape painting.
A look at the decisions you need to make when planning landscape paintings, before you even put a brush into some paint.
One decision that must be made at composition stage, is where the light is going to come from as this influences the shadows, contrasts, and colors. So what are the choices?
Tips on how to paint the sea, including colors to use and how to deal with an ever-moving subject.
Tips on how to paint a sunset working quickly and decisively.
The 'secret' to painting believable trees is an understanding of the underlying structure of trees complemented by observation of different species.
Tips on how to set up a flower still life for a painting.
This step-by-step tree painting demonstration shows the creation of a painting of a forest done in the style of Klimt, from start to finish.
Artist and art tutor Jerry Fresia expresses his thoughts on painting from photos (don't!), and how first-hand observation is crucial to painting trees and branches successfully.
The 'secret' to painting believable trees is an understanding of the underlying structure of trees complemented by observation of different species.
Transparent water drops are very appealing things to paint. With a bit of practice and careful planning you'll find they're not as impossible to paint as you might have thought.
Reference photos for artists: photographs of landscapes to use for inspiration and reference in your paintings and artwork.
Brrrr, get ready to feel the cold with this collection of snowy landscape reference photos!
This landscape painting is one of a series which came out of a trip made to Namaqualand. Follow me through the quiver tree painting step by step...
Practical tips for plein air painting, or painting on location.
Artist Richard Moore shares his experiences from plein-air painting around the world.
Canadian Artist Robert Genn writes about the cues we can find in nature for our art, in his characteristic erudite way.
What makes a group of landscape paintings a series and why would you paint a series of landscapes?
A series of photos taken at Andy Goldsworthy's cairn at Penpont, Scotland.
Abstract Painting: A step-by-step demonstration of painting an abstracted landscape titled ‘Heat’, using reds, oranges, and yellow.
When you're painting a scene in which it's snowing, it's impossible to leave hundreds of tiny specks of white across your painting. The secret is to take the salt....
A five-step demonstration by Charles Harrington of how he painted a landscape with an old building in it. It aims to show how acrylics allow multiple glazes without muddying the underlying layers.
One of the most crucial aspects for getting a landscape painting to look authentic is to have the direction of the light right. So what are your options?
A step-by-step oil painting demonstration on how to use glazing, or thin layers of colour, to paint rocks under water.
A 17-step demonstration by Canadian artist Peter Humeniuk showing how to paint a birch tree using a big watercolour brush.
Four different skies done in watercolour with a detailed explanation from the artist of how he painted each so you can copy them.
A step-by-step demonstration of how to paint translucent (clear) water with reflections on it, by the artist David Adams.
A step-by-step demonstration of how to paint realistic green moss, by the artist David Adams.
